Mike’s Blog Round-up

When your bats snooze, you lose. The 2024 Rockies are familiar with that scenario. Their offense took a Sunday siesta in a 5-1 loss to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. With a chance to capture a rare series in St. Louis, Colorado managed just five hits. The Rockies dodged their eighth shutout of the season when they got to lefty reliever John King in the ninth.

By Emily Weinstein, The New York Times What does summer taste like? Is it the salty snap of a hot dog? The creamy balm of strawberry ice cream? The tart-sweet burst of a handful of blueberries? One of our New York Times Cooking editors recently described the linguine recipe below as “a pasta that tastes like summer,” and I found myself hungry for it instantaneously.

A man died and another was injured in a rafting accident on the Roaring Fork River near Basalt Whitewater Park, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. Around 2:05 p.m. Saturday, Pitkin County dispatch received a call about a swift water incident near the Basalt Whitewater Park on the Roaring Fork River, according to a Saturday news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.

A 10-year-old girl driving a dirt bike died after being hit by a car near Pagosa Springs on Thursday, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, state troopers received a call about a fatal crash at the intersection of Forest Service Road 631 and Forest Service Road 640 in Archuleta County near Pagosa Springs, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol. A girl driving a dirt bike south on Forest Service Road 640 ran a stop sign at the intersection of Forest Service Road 631.

NEW YORK — Seriously overdue credit card debt is at the highest level in more than a decade, and people 35 and under are struggling more than other age groups to pay their bills. The share of credit card debt that’s severely delinquent, defined as being more than 90 days overdue, rose to 10.7% during the first quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

By MELANIE LIDMAN (Associated Press) JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in parliament.